Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, H. A. (1876-04-01)

List of Specimens Collected at Ciudad Bolivar from Mar 14th to 31st (N. B. This embraces the former list from here) 2 Crocodilus acutus. (!) Gray (10 ft 2 in & 11 ft 2 in

                                                      Dry skins

1 " " " 10 ft 7 in Skeleton. 1 " " " Head>/u>. from specimen

                                                  10 ft 5 in in length.

6 " " eggs 1 " " " Head very small. 2 "Tortuga". (<u>Large<.u> fresh water turtles) (shells 26 in. long.

                                                                              skins or skeletons.

3 "Terra ky'u". Fresh water turtle. (shells 16 to 18 in.

                                                                            2 skins or skels
                                                                            1 skeleton.

4 Morrocoyos, Sand turtles, 3 skins <u>or skels, 1 skel. 12 "Terraky'a" eggs. 10 small green parrot. "Carapaico", skels. dry

2     "         "         "              "            skins
6 Parra ------. skels
1 Blk. cormorant. skel.
5 other bird skeletons.
1 Fox skull
1 Saw-bellied salmon. skel.
1 Box pea-mint candy (Conglomerate rocks) for
   Messrs Ward & Howell.

35 small fish species in alcohol, unlike

      anything I ever saw or heard of in the Heavens
      above, earth beneath or water under the earth,
      & totally indescribable in limited space.
6 Toads in alcohol.

P. S. On account of another man's failure at the last moment I did not get to send you our advertisement in my previous letter, so I enclose it in this. It was a total failure, and brought us not a single specimen